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DROP LIGHT OHANDELIER. No. 252,709. Patented Jan. 24,1882.

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DROP LIGHT CHANDELIER.

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DROP LIGHT OHANDELIER. No. 252,709. Patented Jan. 24,1882.

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JOHN TRIGGE, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNUR T0 Hnsrnu CAROLINE Tureen, or SAME PLACE.

DROP-LIGHT CHANDELIER.'

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 252,709, dated January 24, 1882. I

Application filed October 18, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN TRIGGE, of the city; county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Drop-Light Ghandelier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Drop-lightchantleliers havebcen constructed heretot'ore with a central drop-light; but with this construction the central parts of the chandelier are scorched and defaced by the heat rising from this central drop-light.

The object of my invention is to avoid the above-mentioned defects of a drop-lightchaudelier.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. p

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved drop-light chandelier, showing the drop-lights raised and one pair of globes in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the burner and globe-holder for the external globe. Fig. 3 is a plan view of theburneraud globe-holder f6r the-internal globe. Fig. 4'is a plan view of the check t'orregulatingtheposition ofthedroplight arms in relation to the fixed-light arms. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal elevation of the droplight chandelier, showing the drop-lights lowered. Fig. 6 is a view of two modifications ot the drop-light arrangement. in longitudinal elevation, the drop-lights being shown in a raised and lowered position. Fig. 7 is an elevation in perspective of the check. Fig. 8 is a vertical central section of the central portion of the chandelier.

The chandelier A is constructed with one or more arms, A, each provided at its outer end with'a globe-holder, B, and a burner, O. The globe-holders consist of a hollow block, D, to which two circularly-bent spring-wires, D, are attached, so-as to form about three-quarters of a circle, these spring-wires fitting into the bottom groove, a, of a globe, E, and thus holding the globe. The burner G, which is in the middle of the globe E, is attached to a U- shaped bent tube, D", which extends upward from the hollow block or box D, under the lower ed ge, and along the inner surface of the globe E, to near the top of this globe,'and is then (No model.)

bent down wardand to the middle of the globe,

at which point the burner is fastened to the. tube. The chandelier is further provided with a vertical central tube, F, into which a sliding tube,-G, fits, which is provided with a suitable packing to prevent the escape of gas. The tube F is provided with a clamp ot' well-known construction for the purpose of holding the tube Gr in any desired position. In place of a clamp, counterweights such as are used in een- 6o tral drop-light chandeliers may be provided;

or any OlliltlSllltttUlB device may be used for holding the tube G in the desired position. This sliding tube G is provided with one or more arms, G, each of which is provided at the outer end with a globeholder, B, and a forked or doubleburner, U.

The globe-holder B is constructed inthe same manner as the globe-holder B; but the burner G is forked, so thatoiiejet-ttibe,b, will be near'each side of the globeE, which is of such size that it can be passed within the globe E, one side of this globe E passing within the U-shaped bend of the tube D and thejets of the burner 0 being at the sides of the burner O. The arms G must be of such length that the centers of the globes E and IE will be on the same vertical line. The tube F passes through a ring, F, provided with a stud, H, which rests on the edge of a collar, J, provided with a quadrant-recess, K, which collar or sleeve J is concealed behind a circular band,

L, of the chandelier, or in the knob L or the ball L as it is of no importance in which part ofthechandelierthisdeviceisarranged. \Vhen the drop-lightthat is to say, the burners on the ends of the arms Gis raised, the globes E will pass into the globes E, as shown, and there will be three gas-jets at the end of each fixed arm of the chandelier, the jet of the 0 burner 0 being between the jets of the burner G. If the tube G and the drop-lights are drawn downward, the globe E will leave the globes E, as shown in Fig. 5, and a single gasjet only remains at the end of each arm A of 5 the chandelier. When the tube G is lowered it can be turned a quarter of a circle (pr more or less) on its longitudinal axis,this movement being regulated by the size of the recess K in the upper edge of the collar or sleeve J. If I00 the tube G is turned after being lowered, the burners G will not be below the burners O, and thus cannot scorch or deface the ends of the arms A. Besides, a very handsome etfect can be produced by changing the position of the lower arms, as a two-arm chandelier can be. converted into a four-arm chandelier, &c. It is evident that the tube G must be turned back to its original posi t ion before being raised, as otherwise the globes E would not pass into the globes E.

By using a forked burner, C, in the globes E the jets are brought nearer the s des of the globe, and are more effective than a single large burner in the middle. Although I prefer to use a forked burner, G, in the globes E, I do not wish to limit myself to this arrangement, for a single burner bent to one side may -be provided in the globe E, and a like burner bent to the opposite side may be the globe E.

In the chandelier M-(shown in Fig. 6) the side tubes, N N, are hollow, and the drop-light tubes 0 O slide therein, and are also provided with packing and devices for holding them in any desired position. The globes of the drop-lights fit into the fixed globes E in the samemanneraspreviouslydescribed. Anarm, P, is attached to the lower end of therod O, and to the end of this arm P an arm, Q, is articulated, to the end of which arm Q the globe holder B is attached. When the drop light is raised the tube 0 is so turned that the arm P projects toward the vertical central line of the chandelier, the arm Q projecting in the opposite direction. When the drop-light islowered the arm P is turned to project in the direction from the vertical central line of the chandelier, and the arm Q projects in the same direction, so that the globe IE will projt ct a considerable distance farther from the chandelier than the globe E does; or a tube, It, projecting to' Ward the vertical central line of the chandelier, may be attached to the lower end of the sliding tube 0; and a tube, S, slides in the tube R, the globe E being attached to the outer end of this tube S. When the drop-light is raised the tube S is passed into the tube R, but when the drop-light is lowered this tube S is drawn outward.

provided in A single drop-lightchandelierorburner may be constructed in the same manner-that is, with one fixed burner and with one drop-light burner.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pa ten t-- 1. The combination, with a drop-light chandelier provided with arms carrying burners and globes attheir ends, of a sliding droplight tube provided with arms carrying burners and globes at their ends and fitting into the globes on the fixed arms, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a drop-light chandelier provided with arms carrying burners and globes at their ends, of a drop-light tube provided with arms carryingburners and globes fitting into the globes of the fixed arms, and of U-shaped bentgas-bnrner tubes attached to the end of the fixed arms, substantially as here in shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a drop-light chandelier, the combination, with the fixed arms and the drop-light arms, of globes on the fixed arms, of globes on the drop-light arms and fitting in the globes on the fixed arms,ot' U-shaped bent gas-burner tubes at the ends of the fixed arms, and ot' forked gas-burner tube at the ends of the droplight arms, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a drop light chandelier, the combination, \rith'the tube F of the sliding drop-light tube G, of the ring F, the stud H, and the sleeve J, provided with a recess, K, in its upper edge, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. Thecombination, withasliding drop-light chandelier, of a swinging arm attached to the lower end of the sliding drop-light tube, and carrying a burner and globe fitting within the globe of one of the fixed burners of the chandelier, as described.

JOHN TRIGGE.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, (J. SEDGWICK. 

